The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority recently announced it has entered into an agreement with Minneapolis-based Honeywell to upgrade wastewater treatment plants for the agency that entails modernizing infrastructure, improving efficiency and creating jobs.
The Puerto Rico edition of Mathcounths, a nonprofit national math enrichment, coaching and competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement in every U.S. state and territory, was held this weekend at the Polytechnic University, drawing 23 schools and more than 200 students, organizers said.
AT&T Puerto Rico customers now have more options for affordable, no-commitment home phone service with a new, prepaid option for AT&T Wireless Home Phone that the carrier launched last week.
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced that its signature event, “National Small Business Week,” will be held June 17-21, with events taking place all across the country designed to help small businesses start, grow and succeed.
The U.S. General Accounting Office released Wednesday a lengthy report assessing the impact of the Jones Act on Puerto Rico’s economy, saying, among other things, that the effects modifying the application of mandate “are highly uncertain, and various trade-offs could materialize depending on how the Act is modified.”
The Puerto Rico Tourism Company on Wednesday reported $6.6 million in hotel room tax collections in January, representing a 16.6 percent increase when compared to the same month in 2012, agency Executive Director Ingrid Rivera-Rocafort said.
FirstBank Puerto Rico announced Wednesday it has formalized a seven-year strategic alliance with FIS, a global provider of banking and payment technologies, to provide state-of-the-art products and services to its clients.
Choice Cable TV announced Wednesday the availability of a full line-up of more than 30 channels from Olympusat, a U.S. based media and entertainment company.
Fitch Ratings downgraded Puerto Rico’s debt to 'BBB-' from 'BBB+, a notch above “junk,” following the decisions by its colleagues at Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s in recent weeks.
The Puerto Rico Labor Department is the island’s largest employment agency, but generally speaking, that is not something it is known for. For that reason, Labor Secretary-designate Vance Thomas will be placing special emphasis on the service, which last year had a listing of nearly 25,000 jobs available to fill.
E-Loan, a wholly owned subsidiary of Popular Inc., announced Tuesday the “Wish and Win” Facebook sweepstakes, giving away $15,000 in personalized prizes to “help fans’ financial dreams come true.”
Former Supreme Court Judge José Andréu-García filed Monday separate complaints before the Puerto Rico Justice Department and the Government Ethics Office against Telecommunications Regulatory Board President Sandra Torres over her alleged participation in cases related to Puerto Rico Telephone, her former employer.
Puerto Rico’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January was 14.6 percent, representing a drop of 0.7 percentage points when compared to the same month last year, when it stood at 15.3 percent, Labor Secretary-designate Vance Thomas said Monday.
AT&T is helping businesses “raise the productivity bar” with expanded choices of shared data plans. Starting March 22, AT&T will offer larger Mobile Share plans, new Mobile Share – Data (only) plans, and new Business Pooled Nation for Data plans.
The Puerto Rico Labor Department is going after companies and government agencies that have failed, for whatever reason, to make their unemployment insurance payments for the past five or six years and now owe a combined $378 million, agency Secretary-designate Vance Thomas confirmed.
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